15 Things You Didn't Know About Denzel Washington

Some interesting facts about one of our luminaries.

Best Accident - The actor broke his right pinky finger during a childhood basketball accident and never had it set correctly. His finger is still crooked to this day, bent at the bottom knuckle a full 45 degrees outward from his other fingers.(Photo: Marcel Thomas/FilmMagic)
Love at First Line - Denzel met his wife Pauletta Washington in 1977 when both had small roles in the 1977 television movie Wilma. Five years later they were married.  (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
To the 15th Degree - Received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta.  (Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
A Part of History's History - Washington won his Best Actor Oscar for 2001's Training Day in the same year that both Poitier received an Honorary Academy Award and Halle Berry became the first black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.  (Photo: Frank Micelotta/GettyImages)Man in Uniform - For the film Courage Under Fire, Washington trained at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California. During his training he qualified on the M1A1 tank and the 120mm gun, participated in battle games, and listened to audiotapes of tank battles in Desert Storm. (Photo: Julien M. Hekimian/Getty Images)

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Love at First Line - Denzel met his wife Pauletta Washington in 1977 when both had small roles in the 1977 television movie Wilma. Five years later they were married. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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